Sammy Strang
1900–1908 · bats B / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants
903G
.269AVG
.377OBP
.343SLG
More career statistics
790H
16HR
253RBI
216SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 903 | 889 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,933 | 2,889 |
| Batting · Hits | 790 | 777 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 43 | 45 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 6 | 342 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,512 | 3,497 |
| Batting · Runs | 479 | 473 |
| Batting · RBI | 253 | 241 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 216 | 212 |
| Batting · Walks | 464 | 489 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 903 | 3,512 | 2,933 | 479 | 790 | 112 | 28 | 16 | 253 | 464 | 6 | 216 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1,006 | .269 | .377 | .343 | .720 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1902-05-27 to 1902-06-17
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1902-04-27 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1907-05-17 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1902-09-17 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 423 | 1636 | 388 | 11 | 130 | 234 | 165 | .288 | .380 | .373 |
| Away | 466 | 1861 | 389 | 5 | 111 | 255 | 177 | .252 | .346 | .318 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 78 | 314 | 61 | 1 | 20 | 57 | 22 | .252 | .376 | .347 |
| May | 154 | 599 | 136 | 3 | 40 | 81 | 62 | .274 | .362 | .340 |
| June | 100 | 362 | 82 | 0 | 28 | 43 | 49 | .270 | .345 | .332 |
| July | 151 | 581 | 130 | 4 | 33 | 86 | 57 | .271 | .372 | .336 |
| August | 173 | 698 | 146 | 2 | 41 | 99 | 76 | .256 | .351 | .332 |
| September | 202 | 827 | 194 | 4 | 69 | 116 | 61 | .281 | .375 | .363 |
| October | 31 | 116 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | .264 | .302 | .358 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 112 | 429 | 91 | 3 | 22 | 57 | 32 | .258 | .345 | .337 |
| boston-braves | 111 | 451 | 89 | 1 | 39 | 77 | 45 | .251 | .368 | .352 |
| cincinnati-reds | 111 | 434 | 102 | 2 | 38 | 77 | 49 | .304 | .412 | .376 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 108 | 430 | 101 | 3 | 34 | 50 | 36 | .275 | .351 | .362 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 106 | 379 | 79 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 41 | .248 | .340 | .317 |
| chicago-cubs | 97 | 360 | 74 | 2 | 20 | 53 | 39 | .247 | .353 | .308 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 71 | 240 | 52 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 33 | .259 | .354 | .318 |
| new-york-giants | 36 | 145 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 14 | .250 | .338 | .306 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 |  Chicago Cubs | 27 | 103 | 29 | – | 9 | 1 | .282 | – | – |
| 1901 |  New York Giants | 135 | 491 | 138 | 1 | 34 | 40 | .281 | – | – |
| 1902 | Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs | 140 | 547 | 162 | 3 | 46 | 39 | .296 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 135 | 508 | 138 | – | 35 | 46 | .272 | – | – |
| 1904 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 77 | 271 | 52 | 1 | 10 | 16 | .192 | – | – |
| 1905 | New York Giants | 111 | 294 | 76 | 3 | 27 | 23 | .259 | – | – |
| 1906 | New York Giants | 113 | 313 | 100 | 4 | 47 | 21 | .319 | – | – |
| 1907 | New York Giants | 123 | 309 | 77 | 4 | 30 | 21 | .249 | – | – |
| 1908 | New York Giants | 28 | 53 | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | .094 | – | – |